Installment Receivables Installment Receivables (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]

Financing Receivable Credit Quality Indicators [Table Text Block]

The balance and aging of installment receivables on a gross basis by credit category were as follows:

	Successor
	September 30, 2014						March 31, 2014
	Prime		Subprime		Total		Prime		Subprime		Total
	(in millions)
Unbilled	$	1,003	$	384	$	1,387	$	466	$	242	$	708
Billed - current	45		22		67		16		9		25
Billed - past due	17		23		40		5		2		7
Installment receivables, gross	$	1,065	$	429	$	1,494	$	487	$	253	$	740

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the installment receivables:

	Successor
	September 30, 2014			March 31, 2014
	(in millions)
Installment receivables, gross	$	1,494		$	740
Deferred interest	(133		)	(77		)
Installment receivables, net of deferred interest	1,361			663
Allowance for credit losses	(141		)	(47		)
Installment receivables, net	$	1,220		$	616
Classified on the consolidated balance sheets as:
Accounts and notes receivable, net	$	818		$	299
Other assets	402			317
Installment receivables, net	$	1,220		$	616

Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

Activity in the deferred interest and allowance for credit losses for the installment receivables for the six-month period ended September 30, 2014 was as follows:

	Successor
	Six Months Ended September 30,			Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2014
	(in millions)
Deferred interest and allowance for credit losses, beginning of period	$	124		$	13
Bad debt expense	188			44
Write-offs, net of recoveries	(94		)	—
Change in deferred interest on short-term and long-term installment receivables	56			67
Deferred interest and allowance for credit losses, end of period	$	274		$	124